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[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Fabricenl:
After trying every rom, modem and so on and so on... i got damn sick of it and went to the store and grabbed myself an Blue-GPS-S3 with SIRSTAR III supporting 20 channels...

You know.. the difference of gps quality is shocking. 12 sattelites at good performance and unbelievably stable. Navigation for four hours straight and not ONE mistake or recalculating required... amazing.

My advise is... get one for those 20 euros and stop wasting your time on trying to get your gps to work.. cause on top of this.. using bluetooth uses less battery then using internal gps asfar i noticed.

Hope this helps someone making this step, you do lose being able to see gps status in navigations progs but Sygic Aura + CoPilot worked flawless, il make an list of working apps

[update]

Okay drove over 800km in two days and what a trip and for once.... yes for once i didnt feel stressed about my galaxy abandoning me somewhere, altought i must admit my gps has not the greatest name and reputation it did its work excellent no matter where i came.

Some info.

APPS:

Bluetooth GPS mouse = GREAT. worked flawless with my external GPS

Bluetooth GPS Provider i didnt have a chance to test with yet, i will soon and report about it. One thing i must add, it remembers your dongle/mouse/external gps and with its simple ugly widget you can quickly turn it on and let it connect with the dongle. unlike gps mouse you gotta open it and turn it on and choose dongle.

NAVIGATION:

Sygic Aura = working great, it was however required to switch GPS on first and wait 15-30 sec to make sure it had atleast 1 signal before starting aura navigation, else it wouldnt pick up the signal

CoPilot = just awesome, worked directly wether i loaded gps mouse after or before.

Google Navigation = no idea, I assume it works as google maps works to with it.

Waze = no idea, I still have to try it but as waze worked most flawless on internal gps i assume no problems at all with external gps

KNOWN PROBLEMS

Programs do not see the GPS status.. signal, altitude etc etc. weirdly enough the navigations work flawless and they do not complain about having no signal either.

SHOPS:

My shop does only send in the netherlands, however... mine is a Qtrek Blue GPS-S3 with a SIRFSTARIII chip. Basicly ANY bluetooth gps mouse works with your phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] xmfpdlemalnz@hotmail.com:
could you please give me a link to where you bought the item?

I've looked, but couldn't find cheap ones..
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] arifmunshi:
i got a co-pilot bluetooth gps unit £8 from amazon and its great. a bit tricky to set up but well worth it.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Fabricenl:
re

800km in two days.. man am i exausted but what the heck.. that thing works briljant! il update first post with info
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] snapper.fishes:
Cheers. This is great to know. Too bad Amazon UK has horrible bluetooth GPS seller reputation. I will have to find one on ebay instead.
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] sean2476:
I use the Nokia LD-3W gps module and it is fantastic. Easy to set up (takes seconds). I use the bluetooth mouse with "bluetooth GPS provider" which is a free download from the market. Very accurate with google maps, copilot etc.

Bluetooth GPS provider/ market
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] snapper.fishes:
Where did you buy this from? Amazon UK?
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] deguz_kusuma:
is it really helpful to use usb bluttooth
[Galaxy S I9000 Accessories] Fabricenl:
re

Im using bluetooth gps now as its free and works great however it said that Sygic Aura wouldnt work due it doesnt support mock locations... bummer as its the best gps out there. however the Bluetooth gps mouse app does work with it but then again i noticed that application turns on internal gps... not sure wether it fakes that or actually turns on internal gps... guess only one way to find out. wait for a next trip :D
[Xoom General] bryz2:
This is combination of a gmail app question, accessory question and honeycomb OS question so I'll post it in general.

I received my Moto Bluetooth keyboard today.

This is a huge step forward in having this device be a laptop replacement for 90% of my non-work computer use. However, there are a few things missing:

1. Is there a keyboard shortcut to switch between active applications? Like alt-tab in windows? the dedicated app buttons are nice, but this means that I can only switch between certain apps.

2. Is there a way to change the behavior for the buttons? There is no "messaging" app in honeycomb. I would instead like this to map to gchat

3. Where are keyboard shortcuts in the gmail app? I want to be able to archive, reply, and forward by hitting y, r, and f.

4. in fact why do the arrow keys not do what I expect them to in gmail? They jump between links in the content of the email. I want them to be able to let me hop between emails not only within the current one. Perhaps this would be solved by keyboard shortcuts of j and k.

5. Why hasn't anyone made a decent office/productivity app yet? Is this that difficult? Is there a way to force my browser to not use the mobile version of google docs?

6. I hate to say it, but I miss blur. Only for the fact that motorola understands how to integrate with exchange well.

Blur can download attachments, reply to email, manage calendar invites, look up in the GAL, etc much much better than the crap support that google gives out of the box. And before anyone asks, TouchDown for Tablets has issues in honeycomb and does not work for me.

That being said, these are all minor software tweaks. I love the device and really hope that moto/google can address these issues.

If anyone has any known workarounds or solutions please let me know as well.
[Xoom General] rlrbjr:
I don't have my Xoom (yet) and I don't have a keyboard. But I do have an OG Droid. And you can setup your shortcuts for it by going into Settings->Applications->Quick Launch. You might check to see if that option is there for the Xoom.
[Xoom General] Bauxite:
Android apps do not have keyboard shortcuts, period. The onscreen keyboard isn't meant for that and it's not designed to be used with an external keyboard (primarily).
[Xoom General] funnycreature:
Dang! While I was typing my thread someone else had apparently a similar question... could one of the admins/moderators please merge my thread with this??!!? Thanks!
[Xoom General] bryz2:
android-tips.com/use-keyboard-shortcuts-to-switch-between-applications/

It does look like there are keyboard shortcuts, but some of them have been dropped in the move to honeycomb. This is odd because I would think that more people will be using external keyboards to do actual work with honeycomb.
[Xoom General] chaoscentral:
Maybe the fact Honeycomb has been out all of 6 days...

You ever try writing a complex program such as that? No?! I didn't think so. Things like that take time. not even MS can pump out a copy of office in 6 days with their enormous development staff.
[Xoom General] bryz2:
lol. Quite defensive.

1. the sdk has been out for a while. Ever think about why there were apps on launch day? Those companies must have millions of people!!!

2. Since you asked, I have written much more complex apps. I'm a systems engineer. Phone apps are relatively simple.

3. Android has been out for years now. There is still not a decent office app on any flavor of android.
[Xoom General] funnycreature:
There pops the bubble :(
[Xoom General] bryz2:
zdnet.co.uk/news/mobile-devices/2011/03/02/asuss-eee-pad-tablets-show-off-android-30-40091991/#story

hopefully if they keep releasing devices with keyboards, keyboard support and office applications will only get better.
[Xoom General] Bauxite:
The API was finalized two days before the Xoom was released. Also the SDK is completely unusable without a Xoom to test on, so if a developer didn't have one there was almost no way they could start developing it before it came out unless google gave them a pre-production unit. This is why there are so few xoom apps right now, you could not develop for honeycomb without one unless you were okay with the emulator going .001 frames per second.
[Xoom General] youngproguru:
Google Suggests Google Docs. I think its very good considering it is web based.

We use it in our organization, publishing live statistical information about the operation every few minutes to shared spreadsheets, from which our users can interact.

Google Docs users can open, edit, share spreadsheets, Txt Docs with formating, and now Power Point without any issues from Android Devices, Apple, and any other web device.

I think Quick Office is also good for a small screen, and it has been out for years.

Or, Email moves docs around very nicely as well.

But in the end, Android is not Ubuntu. Andriod is not MacOS. Android is not Windows

If you would like to create complex documents, pick up a laptop. I hear they are available, and portable.
[Xoom General] alexdw369:
Exactly why I want a Google Documents app for Android tablets, since Google Documents doesn't load well in our browsers.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] rickyzone:
I have been looking for an answer to this and if it has been answered before, point me to the thread.

I'm using a Telus Milestone here in the US with ATT. I have GOT OR 2.01 loaded on my milestone and it's rooted in everything. Now the next step would be to pick a firmware for 2.2.1. However, There is nothing listed for ATT or US at all for that matter.

Should I use Telus's Firmware? And will it still work with ATT? I want to load some custom roms, but I'm a bit stuck. Thanks for any input.
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] leobg:
You should use Telus firmware. Or any firmware you like, but flash Telus baseband on top in order to get it working on AT&T

Check in milestone Android development thread, there are few choices available (roms), pick one. There is still no official Froyo rom for Milestone though. Most of the custom roms available are nearly fully functional.

Sent from my DROID2 GLOBAL
[Motorola Droid and Milestone General] rickyzone:
Thank you very much. I wanted to try it, but I didn't want to guess, be wrong, and be screwed. Thats all I needed!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kennii:
My PC Doesn't recognize my phone in download mode, any help please?

My phones stuck on vibrant screen but i can access recovery.

My Pc has rarely ever been able to connect to my phone! :(
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AgentFour20:
Search for the "samsung vibrant Drivers" for your computer. Installing them should fix your problem .
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kennii:
i have those installed from the aio vibrant toolbox
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oka1:
Don't use 3rd party software to install your drivers. Get the Samsung drivers 32 bit for xp or windows7 home and 64bit for windows 7 pro 64

If you are really having a problem you can also change the setting to make you phone act as a mass storage (like a pen drive) then you can see the internal sd card and the external sd card............that's another way

Either way the real problem is you do not have the drivers correctly installed.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kennii:
no im stuck on vibrant setting, ders no android os installed on my phone. when i try to install bionix on it i get "E:Failure at line 12:

copy_dir PACKAGE:system SYSTEM: Installation Aborted" Thats coming from "(Port)(Rom)Simply Galaxy/Sweet Honey (Updated 2/28)"
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CrazyCharlie:
You need to get into download mode and use odin to flash your phone.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kennii:
i get into download through the clockwork lagfix recovery, but my phone doesnt show up when in downloadmode. im using windows 7 ultimate sp1 32-bit
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CrazyCharlie:
Are you using ODIN? It won't show up as mass storage while it's in download mode but if you open ODIN and then get it into download mode while it's plugged in it should show up on one of the com ports.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kennii:
yes im usin odin
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CrazyCharlie:
Try this:

Open ODIN, place the proper files in their respective slots, turn off your phone and plug it in to your computer. When it turns on one of the windows in ODIN should say COM: with a com port number after the colon. If the com port comes up hit the start button and hope for the best. This is the only way odin will work for me but it's a finicky program.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kennii:
would it be easier if i used heimdall on linux? anyone kno how to use that?

cause my pc does not recognize my vibrant to save my life. i need to use my phone!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kennii:
still no luck! :( this really sux cause now that i CAN get my phone in download mode i still CANT ODIN
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kennii:
i always get "USB Device Not Recognized"
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kennii:
even if i get in download mode thru recovery ODIN doesnt c a COM port
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kennii:
Wow man i have this in download mode, with the drivers from the samsung website installed why doesn't the pc nor odin see this!!!!!?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kennii:
Please someone help
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fflegend85:
Try the Nexus S drivers.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Herbiced:
Try a thing called a jig. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=819551.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kennii:
dats not needed, i can get to download mode. my pc or odin just isnt acknowledging it
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kennii:
wats better to try this on, xp or win 7?

ive never been able to get win7 to work
[Droid 2 General] -Gilgamesh-:
I use Handcent solely for my messaging and I am considering uninstalling the stock app to free up space and remove clutter. Is there anything the stock app is required for that handcent wouldn't cover?
[Droid 2 General] rusty815:
If i remember correctly, handcent is merely a frontend for the stock messaging app, if you were to delete the stock app you probably wont be able to send messages anymore, im not sure though
[Droid 2 General] -Gilgamesh-:
That's kinda what I thought it may be. I have Handcent set as the default for everything, but the stock messaging still shows up in in things like "share" and such. And that just annoys me.
[Droid 2 General] bobstro:
I deleted the stock messaging, and don't recall any problems using Handcent. The problem was that it still showed up in the Share menu, and it was annoying to select it and have it fail. I reinstalled it to avoid the nuisance, and just shut off notifications in the stock app.
[Droid 2 General] shane0790:
I use Root Explorer (root is required obviously). Simply navigate to /system/app and look for Mms.apk i beleive. I use the stock google mms app, and thats the name of that one. You'll press the button at the top that says "Mount R/W", then long press the app you want gone, press delete, and accept. Make sure you WATCH WHAT YOU DELETE out of this folder.
[Droid 2 General] -Gilgamesh-:
Haha, thanks. I've been doing allot of playing around the the system folders; deleting, modifying, etc. Thus I always keep backups and such, and I the SBF files ready to go on my comp just incase of bricking. So how was never an issue, more looking at the impact of doing so. But thanks, irregardless. :)
[Droid 2 General] palazuelosva:
I deleted the stock txt app once and I wasn't able to receive or send media txts such as video or pics, same goes for the stock web browser.
[Droid 2 General] chrstdvd:
You delete the stock messaging app and you loose MMS. You can send and receive regular text but no send/receive MMS.
[Captivate General] DarrellRaines:
Well boys and girls I just want to say thank you for the fun. I've made the jump to the atrix and I am loving it.

Thanks to all the developers who made my captivate usable. Gonna miss these forums, but its time for me to use a better phone.

Later all.
[Captivate General] ghost77:
No more mkv playback for you.
[Captivate General] jhernand1102:
And a locked bootloader to boot.....:D
[Captivate General] DarrellRaines:
Have you guys tried one of these yet? And I ask that not as a smartass ir anything but seriously. This phone is amazing. I don't see anything wrong with it and don't feel the need to use a ROM on it.

This is what a phone should be like. I'll accept all the negatives you guys listed. Besides....the gps works :-)
[Captivate General] maxjivi05:
I must say I didn't notice my GPS not working on my captivate when I had it navigating me to a tire repair shop today... thank god for making it give me turn by turn directions. lol.. but seriously GPS works thanks to Devs! and Yes I've tried a Atrix out and it just wasn't for me, not sure if its the Blurr or what it just felt sluggish for the UI.

Now the Inspire feels good smooth no locked boot loader, OC 1.8GHz now that is a piece of hardware I'd get my hands on if I didn't know there were better phone's right around the corner :)
[Captivate General] DarrellRaines:
Oh my gps worked on my captivate after finding the right ROM. This one just happens to work out of the box. About to go hook the phone up to my hdtv with the included hdmi cable and watch some videos I took :-)
[Captivate General] rnewton01:
don't mean to sound like a jerk, but maybe all these recent threads about people jumping ship can be stopped by making a sticky and ONE thread where members can says goodbye to all and thanks to the devs - and even thoughts on their new purchases.
[Captivate General] joeyl:
I was thinking the same thing.

:D
[Captivate General] DarrellRaines:
Man quit being a jerk! Seriously though, you're right in a way, but really I think the multiple threads are fine and those who have an issue with them need to remember that they don't have to read them. They really cause no harm. People will be people and do it even with a sticky and people will still complain about it.
[Captivate General] hd779:
I had an atrix for a day and it was enough for me. The phone was very fast but the screen did not compare to my captivate. I'll be waiting for the galaxy s2 to come out.
[Captivate General] krazyphire:
Agreed. Why does everyone feel obligated to say they're leaving the captivate? I mean how important can that actually be
[Captivate General] FLAC Vest:
Lol it is a great phone; very fast and has a ton of RAM. I'm actually taking mine back in place of a Captivate and Nexus 1 tomorrow though.

I'm sure the bootloader will get cracked or something eventually and when that happens, my upgrade will be used. :)
[Captivate General] Enhanced:
These threads do nothing but cause conflicts as the the person leaving will always gush over their new purchase (and sometimes put down their previous device) while thread readers will always defend their device because they still have it.

I can't help but think that these thread starters do so with the intent to ruffle some feathers on their way out. More like a "I'm better than you" attitude masked by pretending to thank the community and developers. If they really wanted to thank developers, they would send them a PM. As for thanking the rest of the community, in all due respect, I don't think anyone really cares.

Now if it was a prominent developer leaving, I could see the reason for a thread in the general forums but a run-of-the-mill user who hasn't contributed anything significant won't affect anyone in the slightest.

Conclusion: These threads are a waste of time.
[Captivate General] DarrellRaines:
Thank you so much for assuming my intentions. In all honesty I was thanking the devs and simply saying goodbye.to a good bunch of people.

Personally I think that everyone who has to ***** about a thread they don't want to read are a waste if space and are only doing so to call attention to the fact that they seem to think they are better than anyone else and want nothing more than to belittle everyone.

So glad though that you could see right through my guise and to the heart of the matter.

Maybe one day you will realize that no one really gives a **** about you and that you are a waste of space, but I digress, I wouldn't want someone to assume I harbored any ill will to someone who is only here to make himself feel better about, well himself.

Again thank you devs. You made a good phone great, but I would rather have a phone that worked out of the box and.provided a great experiance that can be built upon, than a phone that could have been great out.of the box, but had to be improved upon to make it usable.
[Captivate General] roadrash7:
Oh wow this thread is funny. I could care less about people saying they got rid of their captivate and went with something else. I personally like reading threads like this and hearing debates about the differences it makes me know good and bad points about each phone. But I definitely seems like the dude was just thanking developers and saying goodbye...maybe bragging a little that he just upgraged to a dual core processing phone but that cool there's nothing wrong with that.

As for me I still love my captivate and am excited about the galaxy s 2. Super amoled plus and all the other good stuff. Plus I don't care what people say about samsung I love em. Maybe they suck at updates but whatever.
[Captivate General] rnewton01:
I wasn't saying that he was doing any different. But there has been a more than a few of these threads as of late, and I just feel it takes a bit away from people coming in to these forums looking to discuss their current phones.
[Captivate General] randyyy:
Hey Darell, is that true that the GPS connects very very fast?? I saw a video and took only very few seconds to connect.
[Captivate General] gandalf21502:
I am happy your happy with your new Atrix. I did go to the store to try it out, seems nice overall, but not really 'nicer' than the captivate to me. I do love the screen on the captivate. I am waiting myself for tegra 3 phones before I jump...:D
[Captivate General] Miami_Son:
If they really want to thank the developers they should just donate to the whomever's ROM they were using and move on. The "Bye, I've left for the XXX" just comes off as rubbing our noses in it. Nobody really cares.:rolleyes:
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ms79723:
Is this happening to anyone else? You have like 3 bars then go straight to 0 then back to 2 and up to 6 and back to 0? Once I start using 3G, thats what happens and my 3G is just garbage...the up arrow lights up but the down arrow doesnt...its done this on every single rom i've used for about a week (D18 stock and custom roms, dk28 stock and custom, EB13 stock and with a different kernel).

Anyone know whats going on? This just happening to me? It does it on my mom's Evo too and her speeds are slow for like 10 seconds tops, then her 3G goes insane and speeds all the way up. My phone's speeds are tanked for the whole day and my signal is always all over the place >.< idk whats going on.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Samsuck:
Yeah my phone does that frequently here in Houston. My signal will go to 0 then back to full bars
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SAShady:
I love how my 4g will consistently cut out during ANY download, causing it to fail. And the 3g speeds are just atrocious
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheArchenemy:
Is it possible to use the JIT in the 2.2 roms in 2.1? Or is it built in 2.2?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bwyan Benton:
JIT is already installed in 2.2 roms its also already installed in all the custom 2.1 roms. No need to reinstall it.

If your running se stock 2.1, then go ahead and install.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qman834:
Will it make a differece on my 2.1?

Also will it make any of my apps like camera not to work?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bwyan Benton:
Yes it makes a difference in performance...check your quadrant and linpack scores before and after.....they will be around 5X higher.

Also, installing JIT does not effect any apps at all....camera will be just perfect. JIT only effects system performance...for the better of course.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] qman834:
Nice thank you :) i will try it.